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George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews

George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews

Elder son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent

George Philip Nicholas Windsor, Earl of St Andrews (born 26 June 1962) is an English philanthropist, former diplomat and a member of the British royal family. He was a member of the Diplomatic Service in New York and Budapest. St Andrews became chancellor of the University of Bolton in 2017. He is the trustee of the Next Century and Global eHealth foundations and patron of the Welsh Sinfonia. He is the elder son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and his wife Katharine, Duchess of Kent, and heir-apparent to the dukedom of Kent. He is 42nd in the line of succession to the British throne.

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Early life and career

Lord St Andrews is the son of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, and Katharine, Duchess of Kent (née Worsley, a daughter of Sir William Worsley, 4th Baronet),[1] and was educated at Eton College and Downing College, Cambridge, where he earned an MA degree in History.[2] His godfather was Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.

St Andrews served in the Diplomatic Service in New York and Budapest. He later worked in the antiquarian book business for the Christie's auction house.[3] Lord St Andrews was a trustee of the SOS Children's Villages UK charity and is a patron of the Association for International Cancer Research.[2] He was also a patron of Clifton Scientific Trust, an educational charity giving young people experience of the world of science and engineering. In April 2012, he also became a trustee of the Next Century Foundation, a charity working throughout the Middle East.[2] Furthermore, he is a trustee of the Global eHealth Foundation and Patron of the Welsh Sinfonia.[2] On 30 March 2017, he was installed as chancellor of the University of Bolton.[4]

Personal life

On 9 January 1988, George Windsor married Sylvana Tomaselli, a Canadian-born academic, at Leith Registry Office near Edinburgh.[5] The couple have three children:[6]

References

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    "The Duke of Kent". The Royal Household. Retrieved 4 April 2012.
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    "Patron of the Centre for Islamic Finance". University of Bolton. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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    Wolstenholme, Maxine (30 March 2017). "George Windsor, Earl of St Andrews, installed as Chancellor at University of Bolton". The Bolton News. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
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    "University of Bolton: By Royal Appointment". University of Bolton. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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    "Earl of St Andrews". Debrett's. Archived from the original on 6 September 2012.
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    Cope, Rebecca (20 January 2021). "Sylvana Tomaselli, the Countess of St Andrews, has penned a new book about Mary Wollstonecraft". Tatler. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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